A Dynamic Parallel Volume Rendering Computation Mode Based on Cluster
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Based on cluster, a dynamic parallel mode–the MSGD(MasterSlave-Gleaner-Dynamic) mode is presented in this paper. Combining the load balancing with the MSG (Master-Slave-Gleane) mode, this mode brings in a load balancing strategy–task pool, which can coordinate the workload of each node effectively. A volume rendering algorithm called Splatting is used to test the performance of this mode on IBM Cluster1350. The results prove that this mode can effectively increase the total calculation speed and improve the global load balance. In addition this mode has good scalability and is suitable for various parallel volume rendering algorithms with large-scale data volume.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005